Card-display stand



July 22,1924. 1,502,248

I E `P. HAWLEY CARD DISPLAY STAND Filed Dec. 18 1923 Eme# Patented .hay e2, i924.

vERNEST r. HAWLEY, or NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE.`

GARD-DISPLAY STAND.

Application filed December 18, 192,3. Serial No. 681,419.

To all/whom z'tmag/ concern: y y

Be it. known that I, ERNEST P. HAWLEY, a subject ofthe King of Great Britain, and resident of Nashville, in the county of Da vidson',` Tennessee, haveyinvented certain` new and useful Improvementsin Card-Display Stands, of which the following is a specification.

The purpose of this invention is to provide a display box equipped with novel card exhibiting means capable of being erected to a substantially upright position on the box without exposing the contents of the latter.

A further purpose of the invention is to provide a display box having an attached card-supporting easel which is capable of being erected to an upright position on the box or folded to lie in an approximately flat condition upon the cover of the box.

A still further purpose of the invention is to provide a display box of the character mentioned which lis of extremely simple design and capable of being manufactured and sold at a low cost.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear from the following description and accompanying drawing.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a display box constructed in accordance with my invention.

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view thru the construction shown in Figure 1, an

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view thru the cover of the box, sho-wing by dotted lines the initial position to which the display easel is moved when erecting the latter to an upright or operative position.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 11 designates the body of the box herein shown as of rectangular formation including side walls 12 telescoping within the corresponding side walls 13 of the cover member 14.

The cover 14 is provided with a top wall 15 positioned below the upper edges of side walls 13 to form a compartment 16 in which the easel, designated generally by the numeral 17, is adapted to be received when in the collapsed position shown by full lines in Figure 3.

Easel 1i? is composed of two members 18 and y19 hingedly connected together along they linedesignated 20 so that said members lmay be folded together as indicated by `full lines in Figure 3 o-r extended to occupy the position shown inr Figure 1. shown to advantage in Figure 2, has one edge hingedly connected to one of the aforementioned walls 13, as indicated at 21, and is adapted to form a lid for the compartment 16 when the members 18 and 19 are folded together and disposed in the position shown by full lines in Figure 3.

Member 18 constitutes the card-supporting element of the easel and to this end is provided with a plurality of slots 22, are ranged, as sho-wn in Figure 1, to receive the corner portions of the display card 23, which is thus firmly held against the outer surface of member 18, as shown to advantage in Figure 2.

Normally, members 18 and 19 of the easel are folded to lie flat `against one another and the foldedt members disposed in the compartment 16 so that member 19 is substantially flush with the upper edges of the walls 13 of the cover. When it is desired to erect the easel for display purposes, the members 18 and 19 are first swung, by means of a suitable tab 24, to the dotted line position shown in Figure 3 and the member 18 is then swimg outwardly with respect to member 19 to dispose the members in the position Shown in Figure 2, wherein it will be noted that the lower edge of member 18 rests on the top wall 15 of the cover in abutting engagement with one of the side walls 13. When it is desired to collapse the easel, member 18 is swung inwardly to lie beneath member 19 and both members then allowed to drop downwardly into the compartment 16. It is important to note, in this connection, that when the easel is erected in upright or operative position the contents of the box are guarded against exposure by the top wall 15 of the cover, which remains in place at all times.

I-Iaving thus fully described what I now consider to be a preferred embodiment of the invention, I wish to state that I do not limit myself to the exact details of construction and arrangement of parts described herein, but reserve the right to re- ,PATENT OFFICE. 'i

Member 19, as

sort to such desired changes as may come Within the scope and spirit of the appended claims.

lhat I claim is: f

l. A display box provided with a comf partment and a display easel hingedly con nected to the boX and normally contained in said compartment in collapsed condition.

2. A display boX provided With a. cover provided With a top compartment and display mea-ns normally contained in said com partment in collapsed' condition, but capable of being erected to an upright position on the cover for display purposes.

3. A display box yprovided with a shallo-W compartment open at the top7 a member foldably connected to one Wall of the compartment and 'affording a closure therefor,

and a second member foldably connected to the irst member to form therewith a display easel capable of being completely housed in said compartment.

A display box including a cover provided With side Walls projectingl` above the upper surface of the cover to form a shallow compartment and a foldable display easel normally housed in said compartment.

5. A display easel according to claim 5, in which the display easel, comprises a pair off Jfolda-bly connected members, one of Which is hingedly secured to one Wall of the compartment and provid-es a closure for the latter in the folded position of' the easel.

In testimony whereof I hereunto a'x my signature.

ERNEST P. 

